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Patented Sept. 1. 1868.

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JAS R-s. ,JEWETT, 0 OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 81,640, dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-GATE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, JASPER'S. JEWETT, ofOttawa, in the county of La Sallc, in the State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and improved Fence-Gate; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact I description thereof, reference being hadto theaecompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The natureof my invention consists in so" constructing a fence-gate,that to open and 'close the same it will not be necessary to cross thepath, which isioften inconvenient on account of the mud, while generallyone side of the path is clean and solidenough to walk upon. V v

My invention further consists in providing a cheap and eflicientlocking-arrangement, whereby cattle are prevented from opening'the gate,as is often the case with other gates, and which causes sometimes greatdamage in a garden, in a field, orin a farm-yard.

To enable others skilled in the arts to make and use my invention,I'will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure '1 in the drawings is'a vertical plan.

Figure 2 is a horizontal plan.

Figure 3 is a section through a b, fig. 2. v

I plant firmly into the ground the post -A, and the double post B.Between the opening of the double post 13 swings up and down the foldinggate, 0, it being hinged at D and E. The gate '0 is constructed of twooblique rails, ff, the top rail g, and the horizontal rails e, thenumber of which is not essential, four-of them being, however,-requisitefor an ordinary farm-gate. At one end of the top rail 9 is adapted acounterweight, J, which overbalances the weight of the gate C.

The post A has, at its upper end, a grooved pulley, K, over which passesthe rope or chain, L, having at its lower end the weightM, the other endbeing fastened to the gate 0 by mcans oi'the staple Z. To receive theweight M in its descent, a casing, N, is attached to the post A.

In order to retain the gate 0 down and lock'it, a spring, 0, is attachedto the post A, which 'spring 0 is pressedinto a recess in the post A,when the gate C closes, and springs out again as soon as thegate C hastouched the socket P.

In order to open the gate C, a rocking-shaft, Q, passes through the postA. This shaft Q has a pin, R,-

on it, which passesthrough a hole in the spring 0. When the shaft Q ismoved by means of the handles S S,

the spring 0 is drawn into its recess, and the gate starts upwards, fromthe eii'ects of the weights J and M,

and this motion is continued until the gate 0 has'reached the positionshown by the lines in red, fig. 1.

In order to close the gate, it is necessary to. pull the rope or chainL, until the gate C comes within reach of the hand, when it is drawndown upon the socket P, in which position it will lockitself, withoutany further I attention being paid to it. 7

'W-hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The oblique rails ff, the top rail g, the horizontal rails 1; i z, therope or chain L, the staple Z, and the weight M, in combination with thepost A, the pulley K, the casing N; the spring O, and the rock-shaftQ,substantially as andfor the purpose described in the foregoingspecification.

JASPER S. JEWETT.

Witnesses:

' LEWIS SOULE,

A. M. Soumn; I

